The Times Cryptic December 17 2020 Crossword Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27850
Clues	Answers
A first-class average reflects weakness	ANAEMIA
Arrive as stated at absorbing question: is it a fruit?	KUMQUAT
Chap flies up over Ibiza, avoiding unknown African state	NAMIBIA
Cheapskate woman supporter accepts new cash limits	penny-pincher
City hospital is cold, when toured by a dictator	san francisco
Dash across European court area	HECTARE
Elemental form is uppermost in poet's heart	ISOTOPE
Embellishment in bar once thrown in fireplace	grace note
Hardy hero's cool, pinching grand lawman's post	judgeship
How a free port transported seal?	WEATHERPROOF
Impresario who's trained crew	SHOWMAN
Loosen black tile occasionally that's on the house	FREEBIE
Make concrete target, providing front piece of yellow	OBJECTIFY
Most tight locks save energy close to aqueduct	MEANEST
Northern spouse is missing her very much	not half
Organ transplant's helping bone cavities	ANTRA
Pitch close to perfection, for example	PATTERN
Poet's put up in islands belonging to Mediterranean state	ISRAELI
Reminder: start to get undressed?	NUDGE
Round, plump and purple	OROTUND
Sort of pink bird confronting tiny daughter	CHICKWEED
Spoke briefly about hot Biblical site	SINAI
Stop drinking broth laced with beer if short of energy	sober up
Storyteller's revolutionary main work	AESOP
Teacher loves drinking a tiny amount, producing wind	SIROCCO
Unemotional old boy in trio ruined opening of concert	ROBOTIC
Unpredictable grass invading Morecambe perhaps	ERRATIC
Valets turn grey at Versailles occupant's extended household	menage a trois
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1768
Clues	Answers
Bird ascended, everyone having turned up	ROSELLA
Bird descended in America	DOVE
Bodily parts in bears	STOMACHS
Cast provided with a humble dwelling	BUNGALOW
Centaurs conjured up in an ancient civilisation	ETRUSCAN
Class of Marines sorted out	SEMINAR
Crazy Greek character climbing __ old and free from injury	UNDAMAGED
Eastern fellow set about getting title	NAME
Edward oddly missing out as member of family	DAD
Excellent leader trained dog	AIREDALE
Listeners hear sounds? Only some	EARS
Merchant taking around wine with skill	TRADER
Middle of battle interrupted by little message	TWEET
One won't be able to understand characters in a book	NONREADER
Pain somewhere in the mountains with one getting cold	COLIC
Piece of gym equipment making one smile	BEAM
Polite, like some servants?	CIVIL
Pure art somehow bringing great joy	RAPTURE
Silent relation	MUM
Slight fog starts to roll away over lake __ there's a wind	MISTRAL
Someone bending over in part of garden?	BOWER
Something full of holes presenting a problem?	RIDDLE
The fellow given notice __ and the boss giving it?	HEAD
Vessel coming to area to dock	SUBTRACT
Wartime food plans suffering a setback	SPAM
Word of prayer when beset by minor physical disability	LAMENESS